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Abstract
Ten human Coxiella burnetii isolates from french patients with acute hepatitis or chronic endocarditis were characterized according to their polymorphism in DNA restriction patterns and differentiated by plasmid-specific PCR. The aim of this investigation was to clarify if the present classification of so called 'acute' and 'chronic' Coxiella burnetii isolates--based on plasmid profile of a so far limited number of partly ancient isolates--could be confirmed with lately isolated organisms of this agent. The data obtained in this investigation indicate that this classification based on C. burnetii plasmid content is no longer justified.Entities:
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Year: 1994 PMID: 7843346 DOI: 10.1007/bf01719667
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Epidemiol ISSN: 0393-2990 Impact factor: 8.082